As internet and mobile communications facilities in the Palestinian territories were cut off, Israel escalated its bombing of the besieged Gaza Strip.
After dusk on Friday, a prolonged sequence of massive explosions lit up the sky over Gaza City.
The Hamas government Friday said Israel “cut communications and most of the internet” across the Gaza Strip.
The government’s media office accused Israel of taking the measure “to perpetrate massacres with bloody retaliatory strikes from the air, land and sea,” as heavy strikes hit northern Gaza.
BREAKING: A full outage of telecommunications and the Internet in all of the Gaza Strip, as Israeli warplanes launch the most violent series of airstrikes across the enclave. pic.twitter.com/kT64gMdx2B
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 27, 2023
Palestinian telecommunication company Jawwal in a Facebook post on Friday said: “Mobile phone service and internet in the Gaza Strip has been cut off due to heavy bombardment”.
#BREAKING| Israeli media: The moment a Kornet missile was fired at an Israeli tank on the northern border of #Gaza pic.twitter.com/P1keWFRQNZ
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 27, 2023
Internet connectivity in the Gaza Strip has collapsed, according to Netblocks Internet Observatory.
Israeli military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, announced that Israeli air and ground forces are increasing their activities in the Gaza Strip.
These actions include extensive airstrikes targeting tunnels and infrastructure.
Furthermore, ground forces are expanding their operations, heightening the anticipation of a potential ground invasion in Gaza.
Internet and mobile phone services have been disrupted in the besieged enclave, adding to the escalating situation.
⚠ Confirmed: Live network data show a collapse in connectivity in the #Gaza Strip with high impact to Paltel, amid reports of heavy bombardment; the company is the last remaining major operator to supply service as connectivity declines amid ongoing fighting with Israel 📉 pic.twitter.com/nDPf7HnjKF
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) October 27, 2023
